by GAtherton | Aug 13, 2020 | General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news
Infection For a very long time, medical science has assumed that infectious diseases are caused by the presence of a pathogen and weakness in the infected person or the host as it is often known, which allows the pathogen to grow and infect. The weakness could be for...
by GAtherton | Jun 25, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news
The UK Government has set out a roadmap for the clinically extremely vulnerable on the future of the shielding programme. For now, the guidance remains the same – stay at home and only go outside to exercise or to spend time outdoors with a member of your household,...
by GAtherton | Jun 2, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news, NAC announcements
Many people with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis were asked to shield themselves from exposure to the coronavirus COVID-19 in March 2020 as they were thought to be especially vulnerable to the consequences of infection by the respiratory virus. Back in March 2020 the...
by GAtherton | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, General interest, Information and Learning, Lifestyle and Coping Skills
[toc] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uye-jTS1MYA The UK NHS has released a list of helpful resources to assist in safeguarding your mental health during this current COVID isolation period. We have reproduced some of it here for the purpose of allowing indexing of...
by GAtherton | Apr 10, 2020 | Information and Learning, Latest research news, NAC announcements
A plea to all NAC patients As you will be aware the NHS faces unprecedented times due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The National Aspergillosis Centre (NAC) team are extremely busy working on the frontline. We are currently still trying to offer telephone consultations...
by GAtherton | Mar 13, 2020 | General interest, Information and Learning, Latest research news
NOTICE FOR PATIENTS WHO ATTEND THE NATIONAL ASPERGILLOSIS CENTRE (NAC), MANCHESTER. The NHS in the UK is currently facing an extremely demanding situation in acute and critical care and Wythenshawe Hospital is no different as we run an active A&E department. We...